Straw painting (also known as straw painting) originated in folk. While wheat has always been regarded as sacred objects, both ancient worship heaven and earth, or the National Emblem selected, they are given to a high position in wheat, which symbolizes good harvest and wealth. According to legend, the Eastern Han Dynasty's Han Guang Wu Di Liu XIU was hunted by Wang Mang, desperation, hiding in among the straw, wheat straw into the woods immediately protected Liu Xiu.

From the hands of farmers in Henan Runan Straw painting is evolved in the county Wang Qiaonong Minhwa basis. The original name is Luo Dian Wang Qiaogong society now, "China's rural folk art", where a long history of peasant paintings, Ming and Qing Dynasties, painting, calligraphy, paper cutting, clay sculpture and other folk art is very popular. 70s of last century, Wang Qiaogong agency established the first province farmer Painting - Painting Wang Qiaonong people, there have been more than 1,200 people to participate in learning and training peasant paintings, emerged more than 400 peasant painter. After the reforms, their desire to rich and thought the text is more intense. 1993, Yuan Baohua, represented by a group of farmers use straw painter developed a folk art treasures - Straw painting, and become an extension of the development of peasant painting, with Bian embroidery, embroidery rival, known as "one of Chinese folk art number one. "

Wheat straw paintings there is only one material, wheat straw, color all in iron very hot out, without any stain. Golden color, and then through the two-tone color transition, achieve the result of a single color performance integral colour, such as mandarin duck's feathers are a through color from shallow to deep processing.